Detroit Pistons vs Minnesota Timberwolves Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/28/26

Detroit improved to 9-3 SU in games without Cade Cunningham as they ran over the New Orleans Pelicans 129-108 in their last game. It was a much needed bounce back performance after a heartbreaking loss in OT vs Atlanta before that, Jalen Duren made sure his team would win with 30 points and 10 boards on Thursday. Now the Pistons face a tough Minnesota Timberwolves challenge and Duren is on the injury report along with Marcus Sasser, Tobias Harris and Ausar Thompson. Detroit’s depth will be put to the test here, it’s likely that at least a couple of those guys will be out for Saturday’s game. They’ve not had the best of times in games against the T’Wolves lately, winning just 3 of the last 11 meetings.

Minnesota is in a similar situation with their best player Anthony Edwards being out. They too have shown great resilience winning their last 2 games against the Celtics and Rockets without him, which is a massive confidence booster with less than 10 games remaining in the regular season. The 15-0 run to overturn a 13-point deficit in the OT against the Rockets was something else, it’ll be interesting to see how much energy they have left after that performance. Julius Randle, Jaden McDaniels, Donte DiVincenzo and Bones Hyland have all taken turns leading this team on the scoring front in Ant’s absence, if you are the Pistons it might be difficult to come up with a defensive scheme as you simply don’t know where the danger is coming from.

I was really impressed with what I saw from Minnesota in their last game, I think playing at home is what will give them the edge here. There’s a lot of fight in this team, especially with Ant Man out of the line-up. The same can be said about the Pistons with Cade not playing, but they have just too many players on the injury report for my liking here. I’ll side with the home team.

Detroit Pistons vs Minnesota Timberwolves Predictions: Timberwolves -2 is available at time of publishing. Playable at that number.